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November next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office,
to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and
I require all persons having an interest in opposing the
grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 21st
day of October next, at this office, particulars in writing of
their objections to the said application, otherwise they will
be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1518.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 17th August, 1885.

PATENT for the "Kapai" Movable Iron Stanchion for
Wire Fences.

HJALMAR GRAFT, of Feilding, New Zealand, Commission
Agent, has deposited at this office a specification of the said
invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 5th day of
November next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office,
to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I
require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant
of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 21st day of
October next, at this office, particulars in writing of their
objections to the said application, otherwise they will be
precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1519.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 17th August, 1885.

PATENT for an Improved Machine for bending Rails and
other Metal Bars and Plates.

WILLIAM WRIGHT, of Little Bourke Street West, Mel-
bourne, Victoria, Engineer, has deposited at this office a speci-
fication of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday,
the 5th day of November next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon,
at this office, to hear the said application and all objections
thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in
opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or
before the 21st day of October next, at this office, particu-
lars in writing of their objections to the said application,
otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1520.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 17th August, 1885.

PATENT for Improvements in the Construction and
Working of Vacuum Brake Apparatus, being a com-
communication from the Vacuum Brake Company (Limited), of
32, Queen Victoria Street, London, England.

EDWARD WATERS, of Melbourne, Victoria, Patent Agent,
has deposited at this office a specification of the said inven-
tion; and I have appointed Thursday, the 5th day of
November next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office,
to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and
I require all persons having an interest in opposing the
grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 21st
day of October next, at this office, particulars in writing of
their objections to the said application, otherwise they will
be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1521.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1885.

PATENT for Improvements in heating and purifying
Water for Steam Boilers, and in Devices or Apparatus
therefor, being a communication from Thomas Seale, of No.
2739, California Street, in the City and County of San Fran-
cisco, California, United States of America, Railway Super-
intendent.

EDWARD WATERS, of 87, Bourke Street West, Melbourne,
Victoria, Patent Agent, has deposited at this office a speci-
fication of the said invention; and I have appointed
Thursday, the 21st day of January next, at 11 o'clock in
the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and
all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an
interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to
leave, on or before the 6th day of January next, at this
office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said
application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging
the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1522.

Notice to Licensed Interpreters.

Native Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1885.

THE attention of Licensed Interpreters is called to the
under-mentioned section of "The Thermal-Springs
Districts Act, 1881," viz. :—

"3. After the publication in the Gazette of any Proclama-
tion defining a district as aforesaid, this Act shall be in force
therein; and it shall not be lawful for any person other than
Her Majesty to acquire any estate or interest in Native land
therein except by virtue of or through the means prescribed
or permitted by this Act."

Licensed Interpreters are cautioned against interpreting or
witnessing any documents in contravention of the above
section.

By order.
T. W. LEWIS,
Under-Secretary.

Te Makarini Scholarships.

TWO Scholarships of the yearly value of £35 each, to be
held at the Native College, Te Aute, Hawke's Bay, are
offered for competition to Maori youths, on the conditions
laid down in the Regulations of the Trustees of the Te
Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native
Schools Code, 1884. The examination will be held at
convenient centres on the 14th and 15th December, 1885.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers,
send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education
Department, Wellington, of their intention to present them-
selves for examination. Such notice must be posted not
later than the 31st October next.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be ob-
tained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institu-
tions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary
to the Education Department.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.
Wellington, 29th July, 1885.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Leases and Special Claim cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 15th August, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has
been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-
mining leases and special claim cancelled, and that the
ground is now open for application as if no leases of the said
ground had ever been applied for:—

WESTLAND DISTRICT.

Antonio Zala, Mount Greenland Range .. 10 0 0
Joseph Raphael Ledger, Donoghue's .. 10 0 0
John Joseph Crofts, Donnelly Creek .. 8 0 0
Alpine Gold-Mining Company, Mount Greenland
Range .. 10 0 0
John Thompson Petrie and Francis Corby, Cedar
Creek .. 11 0 0
Hugh Macartney, Cedar Creek .. 4 3 32
James Richardson and others, Cedar Creek .. 9 2 11
John Thompson Petrie and Francis Corby, Cedar
Creek .. 9 1 10
John Alexander Roberts, Cedar Creek .. 6 1 16
Camille Malfroy, Cedar Creek .. 8 2 0
John Petrie, Cedar Creek .. 16 2 4
John Alexander Roberts, Cedar Creek .. 15 2 35
John Ellery, Cedar Creek .. 15 2 15
John Sutherland and others, Cedar Creek .. 16 0 0
William Bale, Cedar Creek .. 13 0 0
John Alexander Roberts, Cedar Creek .. 10 0 35
John Hart, Cedar Creek .. 14 3 27
John Patter, Cedar Creek .. 16 2 4
Richard Hayward, Cedar Creek .. 16 1 14

Special Claim.
James Edward Cuddeford, K397, Block I., Kanieri
District .. .. .. .. 20 0 0

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Mineral Lease to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of "The
Mines Act, 1877," and with the regulations made under
that Act for the granting of mineral leases, it is hereby
notified that it is intended to grant a lease of Crown lands
for coal-mining purposes to the applicant specified in the
annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections
against such lease.